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Colloid vs Tolloid - What's the difference?

colloid | tolloid |

As nouns the difference between colloid and tolloid

is that colloid is a stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles while tolloid is an metalloproteinase, similar to astacin, that functions in the development of sea urchins.

As an adjective colloid

is glue-like; gelatinous.

colloid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Glue-like; gelatinous.
    • colloid tumours

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
  • (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid ), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium). The dispersion medium may be a gas, a liquid, or a solid, and the dispersed phase may also be any of these, with the exception that one does not speak of a colloidal system of one gas in another. A system of liquid or solid particles colloidally dispersed in a gas is called an aerosol. A system of solid substances or water-insoluble liquids colloidally dispersed in liquid water is called a hydrosol.
  • (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • Derived terms

    * colloidal

    See also

    * solid sol solid in solid * sol solid in liquid * aerosol solid or liquid in gas * gel liquid in solid * emulsion liquid in liquid * foam gas in liquid or solid * aerogel gas in solid

    tolloid

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (protein) An metalloproteinase, similar to astacin, that functions in the development of sea urchins